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Wine, Women, and Song

by John Addington Symonds

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No. 20 The Village Dance

Wide the lime-tree to the air
Spreads her boughs and foliage fair;
  Thyme beneath is growing
On the verdant meadow-where
  Dancers’ feet are going.

Through the grass a little spring
Runs with jocund murmuring;
  All the place rejoices;
Cooling zephyrs breathe and sing
  With their summer voices.

I have freely translated a second, which presents a more elaborate picture of a similar scene.

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